Sotuanduso

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[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A lot of people in the US argue that the poor don’t deserve anything, any lack of money is a moral failing, and they don’t deserve any kind of help.

A bit of a reduction. It's not that being poor is a moral failing, but there is a mindset that if you don't have a job, it's your fault, and that if you have a job but are still poor, you're probably wasting money on drugs or something. It's not so much "they're poor because they're a bad person so I shouldn't help them" as "if I help them then they won't help themselves." Which is an easy position to hold if you don't consider how little the low-hanging jobs can pay, how much rent costs, how much food costs when you can't home-cook it, and how hard it is to get a job when you don't have a number, address, shower, or clean clothes.

And then there's a second group that thinks "Well, we have systems in place. There are homeless shelters somewhere, so they should be going there instead of begging on the streets." And they can be right, but you should probably do some research on said homeless shelters before you take that stance, in case it's too far away to walk, understaffed/underfunded, or poorly managed.

It's easy to think the poor don't need your help if you don't think on it too much, and to be fair, not everyone has the bandwidth and energy to be thinking on that. But at the end of the day, we have poor people, so those with means should be doing what they can to help.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Reaching that second field of hogs under the conversation felt kind of ominous.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I've seen this one before, but the alt text had me in a (silent) laughing fit anyways.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you, but I'm obligated to downvote.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What's this about Mojang?

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

we wanted to give you the opportunity to address.

*Adds landlord to resume 🏘️📈👑😁

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

hits rock bottom 🪨📉😭
*adds geologist to resume 🧑‍🔬🔬🪨😁

*Has meltdown 😡🤯💥
Adds nuclear physicist to resume ⚛️🧑‍🔬🏭😎

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What app is this that justifies the text with hyphens? Is it in a fixed-width display, or does it detect syllables automatically?

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Guns have really improved since the year 131.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But I wanna fly.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I miss gravity.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Coffee is beans.

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